Half Work Days Are Great

Another Wednesday and even though we have much to get done this week, we only worked a half day today.

This week I was trained to lay a carpet on a lanai (balcony). Some of the carpets are original, about fifteen years, so needless to say, a new one can really spruce up a room. The problem is it is outside work, and it has been very warm and humid this week. With this training I will no doubt become the lanai carpet installer.

I went to Rotary today and Marlene went shopping with a group. I sat beside a lady who is the President and General Manager of the the "five star" resort where Rotary meets. She is also a Director (volunteer) of Hawaii Tourism. She told me they still want people here who spend more, but their advertising is aimed at population segments, moreso than countries. That was a relief to hear, because last year she was the speaker one day at Rotary and she gave statistics on what the spend was from various countries and Canada was at the bottom of the list.

The top picture is of Ed & Agnes Balzer who I referred to two blogs ago. Blogger ate the picture and did so again in my last post. (Three times lucky??) Ed is a retired teacher, volunteered at a Christian School in Budapest, Hungary for three years after retirement and then was interim pastor of a church in Alberta for five years. This is the third time Agnes and he have volunteered here at Haggai. They live in High River, Alberta.

The second picture is of Art Dickman and Marlene. Art lives in Victoria, BC and he is the new men's volunteer supervisor starting Friday. This is his eighth time here in Maui, and I worked with Art last year.

The final picture is of Gene & Sheila Anderson, the current men's supervisor, and his wife from near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They leave for home this weekend after a four months of volunteer service hereat Haggai.